Our bodies thrive off of the cells that build our tissues
and organs. When these cells are given oxygen, they grow and multiply into more
healthy cells. When oxygen is taken away, the being to multiply and form
unhealthy cells, tumors, and even worse disease.
We can do our part to prevent this by ensuring we create an
alkaline environment for our bodies. Cells thrive and love this type of place-
it’s paradise for them! All of our
bodies have what is called a Ph balance ranging from 0-14. The ideal Ph of our
bodies is 7.0 which we will discuss further.
The easiest way to understand what an alkalized environment
vs an acidic environment looks like is to imagine nice cool calm water that
flows beautifully in a peaceful stream vs huge high waves that come crashing
down tearing apart whatever is around in a tsunami. Which would you prefer to
have going on in your body?
Let’s look more specifically at why an alkalized environment
is so important:
1.
An acidic environment promotes and eventually
creates disease- think back to the crashing waves- if it continues to crash
down it begins to wear away important things and destruct. An acidic
environment takes oxygen away from your cells which are the basis of our lives.
Once oxygen is taken away, the cells begin to die and form tumors that may
become malignant in other words cancer.
a.
Acidic foods also contribute to
i.
Heart disease
ii.
High Cholesterol
iii.
Strokes
iv.
Diabetes
v.
Multiple Sclerosis
vi.
Arthritis
2.
An acidic environment leaves you feeling
sluggish, depressed, unhappy, and unhealthy
a.
Having a continuous acidic environment weighs
down on your systems- using products that are not natural- breathing in
unhealthy toxins even in your home, and eating acidic foods all contribute to
this and may also affect your sleep.
3.
Finally an acidic environment may eventually
lead to death- consistently eating acidic foods, and leading an acidic
lifestyle- allowing stress, using harmful products, not getting enough rest
just to name a few all may contribute to
an untimely demise that can be prevented
But guess what?!? There is great news! We can prevent, and
possibly even reverse everything that was mentioned above simply by making
lifestyle changes. Here are a few ways that we can start even after reading
this article:
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Stop eating at least 3 hours before you go to
bed
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Get adequate rest
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Eat more foods that are alkalizing vs acidic
here are a few
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Alkalizing-
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Root Vegetables-such as beets and carrots- the
easiest way is to juice or blend them so you get the raw live enzymes
immediately into your blood stream
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Cruciferous vegetables- such as broccoli and
cabbage- you can easily add them to your salad or lightly steam them
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Fruits- any and all fruits- except dried fruits
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Water
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Eat less acidic foods-
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The easiest way to remember that is the SAD
diet- the standard American diet. If you eat grits, bacon, and eggs for
breakfast, a hamburger or turkey sandwich for lunch with chips and a pickle,
spaghetti for dinner whole grain or not, maybe a side salad, and in the morning
you have had coffee more than not, I can tell you right now your body is
acidic. Even if you add an apple in here and there, that is still not enough to
create an alkalizing environment.
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Your daily meals should consist of mostly fruits,
veggies and plant based foods with all the others items thrown in occasionally.
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Work on less stress- not letting your
environment affect you. This may sound
easier said than done but it is definitely worth a try if your health is at
risk. Proverbs 3:5-6, 1 Peter 5:7 if you read the Bible are great scriptures to
start with and of course quiet time, and
prayer are great way to alleviate
stress.
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Work to eliminate using harmful products on your
skin and in cleaning- all of these things seep into our skin and go directly to
our blood stream which eventually can affect our organs- anything
environmentally safe is fine for cleaning. Skin and hair care products should
not have parabens and many other things here is a website that will help: http://lotionsecrets.com/glossaryharmful.html and too make things even easier- coconut oil,
olive oil, and shea butter are great moisturizers that may be used all should
be cold pressed
This may probably seem to be a lot for people who feel they
have made healthy changes but if you begin to make these above changes you will
most definitely see changes over a period of time. Choose a few at a time and
make gradual changes but do your best to allow your body to stay in an
alkalized state.
Challenge: Start alkalizing to survive today!! Make gradual
changes you WILL feel a difference!
For some alkalizing recipes check the below website under the recipes tab.
Remember: It's not a diet....it's a lifestyle
